What did you do to your Sedan today?
05-08-2019, 02:25 PM
#6722
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05-08-2019, 02:51 PM
#6723
Registered Member
You do realize that the labor rate is about 16 hours to replace the oil gasket gasket right?
If a shop charges $100/hr that's still $1,600 in labor alone.
If a shop charges $60/he that will be $960. The problem is
1. Most independent shops charge more than $60/hr.
2. If you find one with a low labor rate, what is their quality of work?
Oil gallery gaskets is a very involved repair that requires removing the entire front end of the car. It requires a experienced person to do this repair. I would not trust just "any" shop to do this repair, but rather someone that has performed it before.
Just because "any local mechanic shop" can do brakes or replace struts doesn't mean they are competent enough to do a oil gallery gasket repair.
So having him share the name of the shop that performed his repairs would greatly help members here as well as bring in more business for that shop.
05-08-2019, 03:23 PM
#6724
So hypothetically, if one bought a spare engine block and wanted to bulletproof that oil gallery. What could you do to keep it from (eventually) leaking? Silver solder it in place? Have the block and galley cover grooved for a silicone or copper o-ring? Replace both ends with threaded AN 90* adapters and have a hard line between the two spots?
Between the fact that LKQ is pretty cheap and they get 2012+ G37s fairly regularly, I think I might need to pick up an engine for the garage and... eventually. If I do so I'll rebuild it while it sits in the garage. If I'm going to do that, might as well build it right...
Between the fact that LKQ is pretty cheap and they get 2012+ G37s fairly regularly, I think I might need to pick up an engine for the garage and... eventually. If I do so I'll rebuild it while it sits in the garage. If I'm going to do that, might as well build it right...
05-08-2019, 05:23 PM
#6725
Registered Member
So hypothetically, if one bought a spare engine block and wanted to bulletproof that oil gallery. What could you do to keep it from (eventually) leaking? Silver solder it in place? Have the block and galley cover grooved for a silicone or copper o-ring? Replace both ends with threaded AN 90* adapters and have a hard line between the two spots?
Between the fact that LKQ is pretty cheap and they get 2012+ G37s fairly regularly, I think I might need to pick up an engine for the garage and... eventually. If I do so I'll rebuild it while it sits in the garage. If I'm going to do that, might as well build it right...
Between the fact that LKQ is pretty cheap and they get 2012+ G37s fairly regularly, I think I might need to pick up an engine for the garage and... eventually. If I do so I'll rebuild it while it sits in the garage. If I'm going to do that, might as well build it right...
EPS Tuning Oil Gallery Gasket/Hardware Kit
https://conceptzperformance.com/czp-...kt_p_31979.php
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rotarymike (05-09-2019)
05-08-2019, 08:59 PM
#6726
Registered Member
05-08-2019, 10:45 PM
#6729
No. I would not trust just "any local mechanic shop" to do the oil gallery gasket.
You do realize that the labor rate is about 16 hours to replace the oil gasket gasket right?
If a shop charges $100/hr that's still $1,600 in labor alone.
If a shop charges $60/he that will be $960. The problem is
1. Most independent shops charge more than $60/hr.
2. If you find one with a low labor rate, what is their quality of work?
Oil gallery gaskets is a very involved repair that requires removing the entire front end of the car. It requires a experienced person to do this repair. I would not trust just "any" shop to do this repair, but rather someone that has performed it before.
Just because "any local mechanic shop" can do brakes or replace struts doesn't mean they are competent enough to do a oil gallery gasket repair.
So having him share the name of the shop that performed his repairs would greatly help members here as well as bring in more business for that shop.
You do realize that the labor rate is about 16 hours to replace the oil gasket gasket right?
If a shop charges $100/hr that's still $1,600 in labor alone.
If a shop charges $60/he that will be $960. The problem is
1. Most independent shops charge more than $60/hr.
2. If you find one with a low labor rate, what is their quality of work?
Oil gallery gaskets is a very involved repair that requires removing the entire front end of the car. It requires a experienced person to do this repair. I would not trust just "any" shop to do this repair, but rather someone that has performed it before.
Just because "any local mechanic shop" can do brakes or replace struts doesn't mean they are competent enough to do a oil gallery gasket repair.
So having him share the name of the shop that performed his repairs would greatly help members here as well as bring in more business for that shop.
05-09-2019, 08:41 AM
#6731
He was able to complete the job in 6.x hours because he didn't need to remove the front-end of the car. He's done quite a few of those galley gaskets and only needs to remove the coolant reservoir to access the front timing cover. I can share the name of the shop if the mods are willing to remove how much I paid from my post that has been quoted. I've already removed it from my original post. I would like to bring him more business because I think his work is high quality based on my conversations with him. I just don't feel comfortable having both publicly posted and the price can possibly go stale in the future.
Price removed!
05-09-2019, 09:04 AM
#6733
My concern with the original design is that a long, flat galley cover up against the mass of an engine block - even if they are similar or the same metal - is heat and cooling expansion/contraction cycles will eventually loosen or crack whatever you have there.
Clearly I need a 'parts' engine to take apart and ponder - I don't have a good 3D grasp of where this is in relation to all the other front-of-engine-bits.
05-09-2019, 09:30 AM
#6734
Registered Member
So... one of those kits comes with some orings. The other doesn't. Are those just nissan parts that are included so they get replaced?
My concern with the original design is that a long, flat galley cover up against the mass of an engine block - even if they are similar or the same metal - is heat and cooling expansion/contraction cycles will eventually loosen or crack whatever you have there.
Clearly I need a 'parts' engine to take apart and ponder - I don't have a good 3D grasp of where this is in relation to all the other front-of-engine-bits.
My concern with the original design is that a long, flat galley cover up against the mass of an engine block - even if they are similar or the same metal - is heat and cooling expansion/contraction cycles will eventually loosen or crack whatever you have there.
Clearly I need a 'parts' engine to take apart and ponder - I don't have a good 3D grasp of where this is in relation to all the other front-of-engine-bits.
The EPS tuning kit is "Steel reinforced"
The OEM gasket is some type of paper material that breaks apart on its own over time. I have no experience with either kit, I just know those 2 are supposed to be alternative upgrades over the "OEM Paper gasket"
05-09-2019, 10:01 AM
#6735
LOVE that deck lid. Wish I could get one of those ..
and more from last summer.
https://imgur.com/a/O1k26PV#9IDSRD0
https://imgur.com/a/O1k26PV#9IDSRD0